Easy-to-read fonts for body text

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Easy-to-read fonts for body text

Good font legibility is especially important for large amounts of text. We have put together a small selection of free serif typefaces which shows that there is a lot of variety in this font class.

Serif fonts are ideal for body text. They improve the reading experience especially when reading long texts. But highly legible typefaces are also useful for longer titles. Sans serif fonts dominate on the web, however, in the print world serif typefaces are still top choice in terms of legibility.

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Easy-to-read fonts for free

Adamina font sample displaying easy to read fonts with uppercase and lowercase letters, special German characters, and numbers 0 to 9, with “Adamina” written in large text at the top.

Adamina

  • License: SIL Open Font License (https://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web), readme file in the .zip folder
  • Download: as a .zip file
  • Font format: TTF
  • Design by Alexei Vanyashin for Cyreal (cyreal.org)
  • Note: optimized for small font sizes

 

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A font sample displaying the name Artifika at the top, followed by uppercase and lowercase letters, special characters (ä, ö, ü, ß), and numbers 0-9 in the Artifika typeface—one of the easy to read fonts.

Artifika

  • License: SIL Open Font License (https://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web), readme file in the .zip folder
  • Download: as a .zip file
  • Font format: TTF
  • Design by Yulya Zhdanova, Ivan Petrov (cyreal.org)
  • Note: slightly ornate but still easy to read

 

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Sample of the Cantata One font, known for its easy to read fonts, showing uppercase and lowercase letters, special characters (ä, ö, ü, ß), and numbers 0–9 in black text on a white background with a black header.

Cantata One

 

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A display featuring the Gabriela typeface, known for its easy to read fonts. The name Gabriela appears in large script at the top, with uppercase and lowercase letters, special characters (ä, ö, ü, ß), and numbers 0-9 shown below.

Gabriela

  • License: SIL Open Font License (https://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web), readme file in the .zip folder
  • Download: as a .zip file
  • Font format: TTF
  • Design by Eduardo Tunni
  • Note: suitable both for small text boxes and headlines

 

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A type specimen of the easy to read Trocchi font showing its name in large letters at the top, followed by uppercase, lowercase, special German characters (ä, ö, ü, ß), and numbers 0–9 in black on a white background.

Trocchi

 

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A sample of the Unna typeface, known for being one of the easy to read fonts, displays its name with uppercase and lowercase letters, accented characters (ä, ö, ü, ß), and numbers 0-9 in a serif style on a white background.

Unna

  • License: SIL Open Font License (https://scripts.sil.org/OFL_web), readme file in the .zip folder
  • Download: as a .zip file
  • Font format: TTF
  • Design by Jorge de Buen, Omnibus-Type

 

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